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Fragrance and Chemical Information
Are Leading Brand Laundry Detergents Environmentally Friendly?
www.laundry-alternative.com/detergentsinfo.htm
Airborne Fragrance Exposure Concentrations From a Plug-In Air Freshener
www.aerias.org/uploads/Assessment%20of%20Airborne%20Fragrance%20Exposure%20Concentrations.pdf
Analysis of Perfumes and Their Effect on
Indoor Air Pollution
www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/app-73.htm
AQMD Aids Successful Transition to Non Toxic Dry Cleaning
www.aqmd.gov/news1/2004/bs12_03_04.html
Beware of the Terms Fragrance Free and Unscented
http://allergies.about.com/cs/fragrances/a/aa022299.htm
Beyond the Scent: What Nurses Need to Know About Scented Products
- Article by Betty Bridges, RN
http://fpinva.org/Education/beyond_the_scent.htm
Cleaning Products & Processes:
Partnering for Healthier Indoor Environments
www.aerias.org/uploads/Aerias%20Cleaning%20Products%20Partnering%20for%20Healthier%20Indoor%20Environments.pdf
Common Chemical Indoor Air Pollutants
(Building Materials)
www.aerias.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=65
Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products:
Avoiding Bodily Harm
www.watoxics.org/content/pdf/Cosmetics2005.pdf
Could it Be Your Fabric Softener? -
Brochure from MCS-Global
www.mcsglobal.org/Documents/PDFs/FabricSofteners.pdf
Dangers of Fragrance
Why Go Fragrance Free? Article by
Quantum Growth Business Solutions
http://quantumgrowth.net/index.php.79.html
The Dirty Truth About Plastic
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/18-the-dirty-truth-about-plastic
Facts About Benzene (found in many cleaners and fragrances- linked to leukemia)
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/benzene/basics/facts.asp
Federal Access Board Finally Takes On MCS
www.raggededgemagazine.com/departments/news/000728.html
Former DJ
Wins Lawsuit Against Employer Over Perfume Allergy
by Detroit Free Press
www.imakenews.com/pureaircontrols/e_article000407432.cfm?x=b11,0,w
Fragrance: Emerging Health
and Environmental Concerns by
Betty Bridges
www.fpinva.org/FragranceReview.htm
Fragrances: The Health Risks - Brochure from Fragranced Products
information Network
www.mcs-global.org/Documents/PDFs/Fragranced_Products_Information_Network.pdf
Get
A Whiff of This: Perfumes
(fragrances) -- the Invisible Chemical Poisons.
Book By Connie Pitts
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Guidelines on the Use of Perfumes and Scented Products
(University of Toronto - Environmental Health and Safety)
www.ehs.utoronto.ca/Resources/HSGuide/Scent.htm
Hazardous Ingredients in Household Products by the Cancer Prevention
Coalition
www.preventcancer.com/press/pdfs/hazardous.pdf
Health Matters - Flyer from MCS-Global
www.mcs-global.org/Documents/PDFs/Health_Matters.pdf
Healthy Choices: Transforming Our Hospitals into
Environmentally Healthy and Safe Places
http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume122007/May31/HealthyChoices.aspx
Highly toxic chemicals are found in laundry
detergents, dryer sheets, deodorants, perfumes, soaps and other
household products
www.newstarget.com/001061.html
Household Hazards
(chemicals in household products)
www.seventhgeneration.com/household_hazards/glossary.php?tid=13
If You Build it Green,
They Will Come
www.aerias.org/uploads/If%20You%20Build%20It%20Green%20They%20Will%20Come.pdf
IEQ Indoor Environmental
Quality Project The US Access Board (The
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board)
contracted with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to
establish this Indoor Environmental Quality Project http://ieq.nibs.org/ieq_project.pdf
→IEQ Barriers and Issues
(Fragrances)
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/bi_fragrances.php
→IEQ
Barriers and Issues (Cleaning Products and Disinfectants)
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/bi_disinfectants.php
→IEQ General Recommendations for Smoking, Fragrance, etc.
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/gr_policies.php
→IEQ
Recommended Actions for Facility
Managers and Operations & Maintenance Staff
(Cleaning and Disinfecting)
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/ra_cleaning.php
→IEQ
Recommended Actions for Facility
Managers and Operations & Maintenance Staff
(Pest Control)
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/ra_pestcontrol.php
→Report on Indoor Environmental Quality Released
www.access-board.gov/news/ieq.htm
Indoor Air Quality and
Sick Building Syndrome: Basic Facts
www.aerias.org/uploads/SickBuilding.pdf
The Invisible Chemical
Poisons - Article
www.integrativeink.com/html/articles/archiveauthorcpitts.phtml
Identification of Polar Volatile
Organic Compounds in Consumer Products and Common Microenvironments
www.ameliaww.com/fpin/fragrance_rti4948.htm and
www.ourlittleplace.com/epa.html
Improving Indoor Air Quality in Health Care Settings by Controlling
Synthetic Fragrance - Article by nurse Peggy Wolff
http://www.h2e-online.org/docs/marylandnurse20106.pdf
Indoor
Air Quality Hazards of New Cars
http://www.aerias.org/uploads/Indoor%20Air%20Quality%20Hazards%20of%20New%20Cars.pdf
Is
Your Home or Business Making People Sick? Creating an Environment
Without Perfumes and Fragrances. Article
www.MyIDA.org/zone.htm
Joining Hands Across the Globe (how to advocate)
www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/mcsawareness.html
Let's Clear the Air About Air Fresheners and Plug-In - Brochure from
MCS-Global
www.mcs-global.org/Documents/PDFs/AirFeshenersandPlugins.pdf
The Most Common Chemicals Found in
Thirty-One Fragrance Products by a 1991 EPA Study
by Julia Kendall
www.ourlittleplace.com/chemicals.html
www.immuneweb.org/articles/perfume.html
Naphthalene and Paradichlorobenzene - (found in mothballs, some air
fresheners, pesticides, perfume) proven to carcinogens
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4789132,00.html
New
Initiatives in Personal Care Product Safety
www.preventcancer.com/publications/pdf/PR_new%20initiativesjan0700.htm
No Scents Makes
Sense Pamphlet from
the New Brunswick Lung Association
www.nb.lung.ca/pdf/NoScentsMakeSense.pdf
The Non Toxic Times
Newsletter
www.seventhgeneration.com/making_difference/newsletter.php
Open Letter to World Leaders
http://mcsbeaconofhope.com/2006_Open%20Letter_and_Proclamations_Index.htm
Personal Care Products: Perfume, Hairspray, Deodorant, Aftershave, etc. (chemicals
found in personal care products)
www.aerias.org/DesktopModules/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleId=58&spaceid=1&subid=6
Pesticides and Your Family - Brochure from MCS-Global
www.mcs-global.org/Documents/PDFs/Pesticides_andyour_Family.pdf
Popular air fresheners found to contain toxic chemical
www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=38721
Safety of
Fragrances: A Case for Concern.
Article by Betty Bridges, RN
www.fpinva.org/Editorials/case.htm#Materials
Scientists Urge Secretary of Labor to
Protect Workers from Diacetyl (chemical in butter flavoring
for popcorn).
www.defendingscience.org/case_studies/Diacetyl-Press-Release-July.cfm
Smells Can Make You Sick - Article by Rebecca Ephraim, RD, CCN
www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1504/healthconscious1504.html
Sources of Indoor Air Pollution -
Organic Gases (Volatile Organic Compounds - VOCs)
www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html
Steps for Implementing a Scent-Free
Policy in the Workplace
http://ieq.nibs.org/om/steps.php
Sources of Asbestos Exposure
www.asbestosnews.com/html/exposure.html
Synthetic Fragrance and Health by Peggy Wolff
www.hcwh.org/details.cfm?type=document&id=1619
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)
(toxic chemical used in dry cleaning)
www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/tet-ethy.html#ref1#ref1
That
STINKS! Are Perfumes and Fragrances Making You Sick?
- Article
www.CleanerIndoorAir.org/stinks.htm
Top 20 Indoor Chemical Pollutants
(building materials)
www.aerias.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=2&tabid=64
Toxic at Any Speed (new car smell)
www.ecocenter.org/toxicatanyspeed.shtml
United States Access Board's No
Fragrance Policy
www.access-board.gov/about/policies/fragrance.htm
US Dept of Education on MCS
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/rsa/im-02-04.pdf
VOC's: A Major Contributor to Indoor
Air Pollution
www.aerias.org/DesktopModules/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleID=131
Warning: many dryer sheets contain
cancer causing chemicals
www.newstarget.com/002693.html
Fragrance and Chemical Research
Tools
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
www.safecosmetics.org
Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm#E
Hazardous Materials Management Systems (MSDS Search)
http://msds.ogden.disa.mil/index.htm
Household Products Database
(Material Safety Data Sheets)
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm
Research Institute for
Fragrance Materials www.rifm.org
Skin
Deep- News about the safety of popular health & beauty brands
www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep2/index.php
TOXNET Toxicology Data Network
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
MCS Activism
1999 Proclamations
from Various Governments and Public Officials Regarding MCS
and those
living with its effects:
www.herc.org/together/proclamations.htm
Accommodation and
Compliance Series: Employees with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
and Environmental Illness - by the Job Accommodation Network
www.jan.wvu.edu/media/MCS.html
How to Do a
Proclamation for the Governor of Your State
www.echomcsct.homestead.com/Proclamations.html
How to Contact
Congress
www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/congress.html
Obituaries of People
with MCS
www.national-toxic-encephalopathy-foundation.org/obituaries.htm
MCS or TI State Proclamations
http://mcsbeaconofhope.com/2006_Open%20Letter_and_Proclamations_Index.htm
and
http://mcs-america.org/index_files/proclamations.htm
Sample Letter (to
representatives) by CIIN - MCS Case Definition
www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/mcs/sample.html
Sample Letter to CDC
www.wtv-zone.com/infchoice/mcs/sample2.html
Scent-Free
Policy for the Workplace - Example Policy
from CCOHS
www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/scent_free.html
Sensitivity training: Multiple
chemical sensitivity and the ADA
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3816/is_199801/ai_n8766981
Understanding & Accommodating
People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Independent Living
www.ilru.org/html/publications/bookshelf/MCS.html
The “World~Wide” Toxic Injury Awareness & Education
Petition for Proclamation
View and Sign
MCS Articles
A Review of a Two-Phase Population Study
of Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
www.fpinva.org/EHP/5940//5940.html
ADA Public
Accommodation Brochure by Christiane
Tourtet B.A. Founder/President of International MCS Awareness
www.nettally.com/prusty/PUBLIC%20ACCOMMODATIONS.pdf
An Overview of MCS
by Cynthia Wilson
http://ciin.org/pages/03-mcs.html
Biomarkers of MCS
www.mcsrr.org/resources/biomarkers.html
BodyBurden (the pollution in people)
www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden1/findings.php
Case-control study of genotypes in Multiple Chemical
Sensitivity- International Journal of Epidemiology
www.protectingourhealth.org/newscience/
immune/2004/2004-0715mckeown-eyssenetal.htm
Hospitalization for the Chemically Sensitive Person
www.citlink.net/~bhima/hospital.htm
MCS - A Worldwide Health Problem - Brochure from
MCS-Global
www.mcs-global.org/Documents/PDFs/MCS-WorldWideHealthProb.pdf
MCS Brochure by Christiane Tourtet B.A.
Founder/President of International MCS Awareness
www.nettally.com/prusty/MCS%20Brochure.pdf
MCS Overview, Triggers and Research Findings
(Decrease cerebral blood flow, porphyria, P450, nitic oxide)
www.ei-resource.org/illness-information/environmental-illnesses/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-(mcs)/
More than 12% of Population Reports Extreme
Sensitivity to Low Levels of Common Chemicals
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/12pop.html
Multiple Chemical
Sensitivities - What it is, what it
is not, and how it is manifested. Article by Sheila Bastien PhD www.anapsid.org/cnd/mcs/bastienmcs.html
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Under
Siege by Ann McCampbell, M.D.
www.mindfully.org/Health/MCS-Under-Siege.htm
Multiple
Chemical Sensitivity-the End of Controversy
by Dr. Martin Pall
www.ei-resource.org/articles/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-articles/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-%11-the-end-of-controversy/
or
www.mcscanadian.org/res_pall_mcs.html
Pesticides in our Bodies
www.panna.org/campaigns/bodyBurden.html
Recognition of MCS as a Legitimate
Disease and/or Disability
www.mcsrr.org/factsheets/mcsrecog.html
Recognition of Illness Associated with Chemical Exposure
(from CDC)
www2.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/chemical-exp/default.asp
SPECT Scan of MCS Patient's Brain Before and
After...
www.ourlittleplace.com/spect.html
Toxic Brain Encephalopathy or "Brain Fog" and
ADA by Dr. Sherry Rogers
http://burningissues.org/toxic-brain.htm
Who is Looking After Our Kids - Chapter 12
(Detox deficiencies, enzyme P450,
poor porphyrin metabolism)
www.healing.org/Child-chap%2012.html
MCS Websites
Chemical Body Burden
www.chemicalbodyburden.org
Chemical
Injury Information Network (doctor referrals) www.ciin.org
Chemical Injury.NET
www.chemicalinjury.net
Chem-Tox.com
www.chem-tox.com
The
Environmental Illness Resource
www.ei-resource.org
Environmental Working Group
www.ewg.org
Fragranced Products Information Network
www.fpinva.org
The
Invisible Disabilities Advocate
www.MyIDA.org
Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals
www.louisvillecharter.org
MCS-Awareness.org
www.mcs-awareness.org
MCS Beacon of Hope
www.mcsbeaconofhope.com
MCS-Global
www.mcs-global.org
MCS
Homepage
www.nettally.com/prusty/mcs.htm
MSC Referral Resources
(doctor and legal referrals) www.mcsrr.org
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity http://ourlittleplace.com/mcs.html
National Toxic
Encephalopathy Foundation
www.ntef-usa.org
Poisoned Cosmetics, Not
Too Pretty
www.nottoopretty.org
United States Access Board
(for those with disabilities, including MCS)
www.access-board.gov/about.htm
MCS Information for Churches
Alternatives to Pest Control and Cleaning
Cleaner and Greener Laundry
www.thegreenguide.com/doc/119/laundry
Natural Pest Control Keeps Your Garden
Healthy and Animal Friendly
www.animalwellnessmagazine.com/m/m74/feature2.htm
No Spray Pesticides Sign
www.mybodycanhealitself.ca/Pesticide%20Exposure%20Sign.pdf
Vinegar Kills Bacteria, Mold and Germs
www.care2.com/channels/solutions/self/164
Websites Addressing Environmental Issues
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Pollutant or
Pollutant Class
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Potential
Sources |
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
Lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
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Combustion Contaminants |
Furnaces, generators, gas or
kerosene space heaters, tobacco products,
outdoor air, vehicles. |
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Biological Contaminants |
Wet or damp materials, cooling
towers, humidifiers, cooling coils or drain
pans, damp duct insulation or filters,
condensation, re-entrained sanitary exhausts,
bird droppings, cockroaches or rodents,
dustmites on upholstered furniture or carpeting,
body odors. |
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) |
Paints, stains, varnishes,
solvents, pesticides, adhesives, wood
preservatives, waxes, polishes, cleansers,
lubricants, sealants, dyes, air fresheners,
fuels, plastics, copy machines, printers,
tobacco products, perfumes, dry cleaned
clothing. |
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Formaldehyde |
Particle board, plywood,
cabinetry, furniture, fabrics. |
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Soil gases (radon, sewer gas,
VOCs, methane) |
Soil and rock (radon), sewer
drain leak, dry drain traps, leaking underground
storage tanks, land fill |
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Pesticides |
Termiticides, insecticides,
rodenticides, fungicides, disinfectants,
herbicides. |
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Particles and Fibers |
Printing, paper handling, smoking
and other combustion, outdoor sources,
deterioration of materials,
construction/renovation, vacuuming, insulation. |
Table found at:
www.epa.gov/docs/iaq/largebldgs/i-beam_html/ch1-fund.htm
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Air Quality Sciences
Resource Center www.aerias.org
American Academy of
Environmental Medicine (find EMS in your area)
www.aaem.com
American's for Non-Smokers' Rights
www.no-smoke.org
Breast
Cancer Fund (chemicals and environment
issues)
www.breastcancerfund.org
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0014.pdf
Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety
www.ccohs.ca
CDC's
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm
Environmental Health
Center- Dallas www.ehcd.com
Environmental Health
Network www.ehnca.org
Environmental Health News
www.environmentalhealthnews.org
GASP
of Colorado www.gaspforair.org
GASP's Tobacco Education Center
www.gaspforair.org/gasp/gedc/index.php
The
Green Guide
www.thegreenguide.com
Green
Guide for Health Care www.gghc.org
Green Suites
www.greensuites.com
Greenguard Environmental Institute
www.greenguard.org
Health & Environment
Resource Center
www.herc.org
Healthcare Without Harm
www.noharm.org
Healthy Habitats, Inc
(Environmental Health Consultant)
www.habitats.com
Healthy People, Healthy Places
(Environmental Health Counseling)
www.peggywolff.com
Healthy Schools
Network
www.healthyschools.org
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
(Assistance for Health Care Facilities)
www.h2e-online.org
Indoor Air Quality Association
www.IAQA.org
Indoor Environmental Quality
(National Institute of Building Sciences)
http://ieq.nibs.org
Rocky Mountain Environmental Health
Assoc
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/rmeha/
Smokefree.net
www.smokefree.net
Smoking Ban Gets Green Light from
Voters (Washington)
www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_110905WABini901_smokingbanLJ.4286adea.html
Tobacco Technical Assistance
Consortium www.ttac.org
United States Access Board
www.access-board.gov
Paints and Building Supplies
AFM Safecoat & Safechoice (paints and sealants)
www.CleanerIndoorAir.org/store.htm
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